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Auction: 18039 - Fine Stamps and Covers of South East Asia, Including The Dr. Cheah Jin Seng Collections of Straits Settlements and Kedah, and The Iain Dyce collection of Straits Settlements
Lot: 350

Straits Settlements
Covers and Cancellations
A miscellaneous assortment of covers and cards (mostly stationery) including 1894 (10 Dec.) 3c. stationery card from Singapore to Holland showing large part "n.i. agent singapore" squared-circle d.s.; 1915 (Mar.) NHM envelope from Singapore to Bombay bearing 8c. with perfin and 1916 (Aug.) 1c. stationery card from Singapore to Seremban, both showing large "Passed by Censor" h.s. in violet; 1936 (June) OHMS envelope registered from Singapore to New York franked at $4.25; 1941 window envelopes (6) from Penang, all franked at 8c. and showing a multitude of instructional markings (many Australian) including Types I 40 and I 42; 1941 (Aug.) envelope registered from Singapore to New York and franked at $6.15; 1949 envelope registered from Malacca to Tokyo showing "registration/service suspended" h.s. in violet; and 1954 (Mar.) envelope (charred) from New Zealand to England showing framed "salvaged mail/aircraft crash/singapore 13.3.194" in red. An interesting lot worth examination. (CJS)

Sold for
SG$6,500